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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
LANCE CORPORAL KIM J. PIERCE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIR SPECIALIST, HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE COMPANY, TASK FORCE 3D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 8, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FORWARD) FROM MARCH 2009 TO SEPTEMBER 2009 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 09.1. LANCE CORPORAL PIERCE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER FOUR HUNDRED HOURS OF MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING ON EIGHTEEN GENERATORS AND TWENTY-ONE TACTICAL AIR CONDITIONERS ESSENTIAL TO CRITICAL WORK AREAS OF THE BATTALION. LOGGING OVER TWO HUNDRED HOURS OF REFINEMENT AND RESTRUCTURING, HE EFFECTIVELY REDUCED GENERATOR TROUBLE CALLS BY FORTY PERCENT WITHIN ONE WEEK. LANCE CORPORAL PIERCE CONDUCTED OVER SEVENTY-FIVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT SUPPORT REQUESTS AND PROVIDED INVALUABLE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT TO THE MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, HE MANAGED THE ENGINEER PRE-EXPENDED BIN CONSISTING OF OVER SEVEN HUNDRED PARTS WORTH OVER $50,000 VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE POWER GRID. LANCE CORPORAL PIERCE’S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
5TH FEBRUARY 2010
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